Scientists in India develop biosensor to detect diabetes-related complications
Till date, there has been very little effort to quantify levels of Methylglyoxal in the blood or food products we consume
On the verge of a breakthrought
The electronics industry is poised for a quantum jump as a group of Indian scientists claim to have developed a silicon-based, light-emitting diode.
Detecting a hard-to-trace brain disease
Indian scientists have developed a kit to detect a disease caused by tapeworm larvae, which doctors often confuse with tuberculosis of the brain.
Can we live forever?
Though all living beings have a finite life span, beyond a certain age, the probability of survival becomes unpredictable.
Malaria breakthrough promises better drugs
Now that they have discovered how chloroquine controls the malaria parasite, scientists hope to use this knowledge to develop more efficient anti-…
Do Indian scientists get what they deserve?
Leading scientists state unequivocally that favouritism and not talent attracts grants and promotions in Indian research institute.
Bickering stalls formation of R&D authority
Scientists and industrialists are trying to give final shape to a body that will select and fund projects.
Peasant women list their woes to scientists
At a recent conference, women farm workers got a chance to discuss their problems with agricultural experts.
Breaking the rural barrier
The Centre for Application of Science and Technology to Rural Areas, set up in 1974, was a bold effort at bringing appropriate technology to the …
Caught by the gen(i)e
Scientists develop genetically modified mosquitoes that are unable to transmit malaria parasite
Scientists in the fields
Farmers in South Andamans benefit with guidance from the Central Agricultural Research Institute
Poets in lab coats
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The man and his machine
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How eggs do it
Tiniest of errors in sex cell division can lead to abnormalities in offspring. Arshad Desai from Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research, San Diego, …
Explained: The cancer therapy that got two immunologists a Nobel
The immunologists’ immune checkpoint therapy has revolutionised cancer treatment
Book on inspiring moments of great scientists released
It seeks to reveal important facets of development of science and technology
Scientists talk back
Communications>> Science Research • Canada
Faulty policies
Red tape loosened
Turmeric shields
Motion pictures from zeroes and ones
After compact discs, it is the turn of videos to adapt to the digital- the format of tomorrow.
The making of a dinosaur
That is just what the Jurassic Park special, telecast by STAR Plus, was all about
Tower power
Germplasm exchange
Polio nemesis dead